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Yearly Archive for: ‘2009’
Cancer From The Kitchen?
Today in the New York Times, columnist Nicholas D. Kristof discusses rising cancer rates: The battle over health care focuses on access to insurance, or tempests like the one that erupted over new mammogram guidelines. But what about broader public health challenges? What if breast cancer in the United States has less to do with insurance or mammograms and more to …
Read MoreReally? 2009 Is Almost Done?
This has been a big year for the Archimedes Movement. When the year began we were advocating for Oregon legislation that would align with our principles, such as fairness, equity, inclusion, and all the others. Working with partners and allies, our efforts resulted in a path to affordable health insurance for all Oregonians with stated objectives of improved health, reduced …
Read MoreMy Near Death Panel Experience
Oregon congressman Earl Blumenauer wrote this op-ed for the New York Times. It was published on November 14, 2009: I DIDN’T mean to kill Grandma. I didn’t even mean to create death panels. But now that I and my fellow lawmakers in the House have passed a health care bill, I’m finally free to explain what I learned as the author …
Read MoreOctober 2009 Conference
In October 2009, we held our second annual conference at the Salem Conference Center in Salem, OR. More than 250 attendees came to learn and talk about getting to the “health” in health reform.
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